diff --git a/playbooks/network.yml b/playbooks/network.yml
index 7963101..d292cbd 100644
--- a/playbooks/network.yml
+++ b/playbooks/network.yml
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
     shell:
       sudo nmcli con add type wifi ifname wlan0 con-name SensorHub autoconnect yes ssid sensor_hub &&
       sudo nmcli con modify SensorHub 802-11-wireless.mode ap 802-11-wireless.band bg ipv4.method shared &&
+      sudo nmcli con modify SensorHub connection.autoconnect true &&
       sudo nmcli con modify SensorHub wifi-sec.key-mgmt wpa-psk &&
       sudo nmcli con modify SensorHub wifi-sec.psk FourCorners &&
       sudo nmcli con modify SensorHub ipv4.addresses 10.42.0.1/24 &&
diff --git a/setup_files/viz_dashboard.service b/setup_files/viz_dashboard.service
index ffcb098..f162d84 100644
--- a/setup_files/viz_dashboard.service
+++ b/setup_files/viz_dashboard.service
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ Description=Runs a visualization dashboard for the collected sensor data.
 After=multi-user.target  mqtt.service
 
 [Service]
-Type=forking
+Type=simple
 Restart=always
 ExecStart=/home/beta/sensor-hub/bin/run_sensor_dashboard